Apparatus for printing and folding papers.



J. A. BOYCE. APPARATUS FOR PRINTING AND FOLDING PAPERS.

A PPLIOATION FILED SEPTL ZB, 1 904.

Patehted ot, 6,1908.

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. -J. A. BOYCE. APPARATUS FOR PRINTING AND FOLDING PAPERS.

APPLICATION nun sin. 23, 1904;

Patented 00t. 6, 1908.

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. and-usefulImpr-ovements in Apparatus for cooperating with a printing app'aratushavand first folder rollers are parallel to and in direct line withthe; plate cylinders of the sis'ts -in the novel features of construction f made; and hereinafterparticularly deplication No. 20707 9, apparatus for printing and folding news-papers, filed May 9 1904.

- vation of the apparatus.

-i.;is an elevation of the right hands'ide of srATEsrATENT OFFICE.

JOHN Boron, or SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. I

AlfPARATUS FOR PRINTING-AND FOLDi-NG PAPERS.

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. Be -.it'known that I, JoIIN A. Boron, aciti zen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Springfield -inihe countyof Sangamon and State ,of Ilhno1s, have. invented certain new Printingxan'd Folding Papers,..of which the following issuch a full, clear, and exact .description as-willenable others skilled in the art-to which it. appertains to make and use my said invention;

. This: application is division of my ap- My invention relates-to apparatuses such as' are used to print and fold papers 'inbook The purpose of my invention is to produce an, apparatus having continuously rotating and positively quick acting folder devices 'ing plate cylinders carrying plates with columns lengthwise ofsaid cylinders to always fold at'the same speed and always fold in book form irrespective of the number of decks" in use, and "without using duplicate plates. Y 'lVithfl this, general purpose-in view the more specific pur oses are to provide an apparatus in which the first folder cylinder press there-by reducing to the minimum the travel of the webs and avoiding theuse' of complicated means for changing'the direc web and conveying the web-members to' the folder devices. I

With these ends in. view my invention con-' andcombination's of parts shown in the annexed drawings to which reference 1s hereby scribed, and finally recited in the claims.

A Referringto the drawings, in which similar reference letters designate like parts In the severalfviews; Figure 1.-is an end ele- Fig. 2-.-is a partial top plan. Fi'g- 3.is an elevation of the left hand side of the apparatus. Fig.

the apparatus; Fig. 5.is .a horizontal section on the line 5'. 5. of Fig. 3.

v Specification of Letter's Patent. 'dn in l' application filed May 9, 1904, Serial No. 2074179.

. When it is desired to operate In these views gear wheels are shown by .Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

Divided and .this application filed September as, 1904. 225,644.

pitch circles, and other parts of the mechan ismare shown in-outline only. The gist ofthe invention consists in the relative arrangement and relation of the parts, and it is therefore unnecessary toshow and describe well known details of construction in which this apparatus does not materially differ from otner apparatuses in common use.

The main frame A, is of the usual construction and is arranged to sup ort multiple sets of rotating plate cylinders fl, carrying plates lengthwise of the cylinder. Each of the plate cylinders B is two plates in circumference and ref'erably two or more lates in width. T e f main plate cylinc ers are equipped with exclusively original plates; duplicate plates being used only on the sup+ plement lat-e cylinders. Paper rolls C, mounted 1n suitable bearings on the frame, supply web to the late cylinders. Rotating blanket cylinders of the usual well known form cooperate with the plate cylinders. The printlng apparatus may also have inking devices of any suitable form; but such inking devices form no part of my invention and therefore are not shown or described.

' The means shown in the drawings for 0 erating the. plate cylinders and'blanket cy inders of all of "the decks 'at full-speed; consist of vertical shaft D, turning in hearings on the main frame; bevel cog pinions D securedon the shaftl) ,by set screws (1; bevel pinions D secured on the shafts of the co cylinders D and meshing with and driven by the pinions D and a bevel cog ginion D, secured on the main drive shaft meshing with and driving the lower cog pinion on the shaft D Intermeshing is ur wheels B secured on the shafts of the cy inders D, and B, cause them to turn in-unison. The-means shown in the drawings for operating one set of blanket cylinders and p ate. cylinders at half. speed consists of a vertical shaft D", "turning in bearingson the main frame; a bevel cog-wheel D secured on the shaft of one of, the blanket cylinders; a bevel cog pinion Bit-secured on the shaft '1), by a set-screw d,'and meshing with the cog-wheel D; a bevel'cogpinion D secured'on the shaft D and a bevel cog-wheel'D secured on the maindrive shaft D andmeshing withanddriving the pinion D the cylinders of the lower deck at half speed and the 'cylin+ and shaft to disengage it from the pinion U, and a secured inv that position. The pinion I); will then 'be secured in mesh with the pinion D and the turnlngol thematn drtveslntt'tl),will

, cause the shaftD-f, to drive the cylinders of r' i i '1)", and engage v indcrs G I with and plate cylinders and the upper cylindcr has a .blade 9 and the lower cylinder has a corresponding cutting wood g which cot'ipcrate to cut the half web used on the cot'iperating the lower deck atv half-speed, and the shaft' ".D,-to drive the cylinders of the upper and middle decks at full speed. When it is desired to drive all of the plate cylinders at full speed it i-s only necessary to disengage the all of the pinions D .with the corresptmding pi'nions 1). any other suitable means may be employed to tmerateone deck at halt-speed and one or inore decks at full-speed, without departing frommy invention. I i p A folder cylinder 1*] turns ntsnitable bearings on the main frame parallelto the plate cy inders' and is geared to revolv at one half the speed of the plate cylinders. The folder cylinder 1), which is one half the length of .and twice the diameter. of the platecylinders B, has two internal dtamct-rlcz ll) lipostte. revolving blades wlnch alternate y I thronghshts 1n the wall of the cylinder to crease the sheets running-on the folder cyltndcr and project the creased sheets into position to beseized and operated upon by the folder rollers ll substantially as shown and described in my said "appli 'ation No. 207079.

l irst--cuttcr cylinders i whit-hare of the same diameter and one half the length ofthe plat-e cylinders, are actuated by suitable gearing to turn in unison .in bearings on the main frame'a-t the same speed asthc plate cylinders and are equipped with'a longitus dinal blade j: and a corresponding longitudinal cutting-wood f which serve to cut into sheets two-pages in length the webs deliveredby the former to 'said cutter cylindc s as lwreinat'ter described.

The plate cylinders B. and the blanket cylinders D, on one of the decks are geared so that they may be operatedathalf the speed of the like parts of the other deck n' decks; and the plate cylinders and the blanket cylinders of the other deck or decks turn in unison with the main cutter cylinders as alreadyexplained.

and lower supplement cutter cylof half the length 'and half the of the plate cylinders. are in line turn in unison with the half speed Upper diameter plate cylinders into sheets one page in length. which are delivered by suitable means. (not shown) on to the surface of t he'cyl inder IC. and are carried around on thec'ylhnleran d deliv .cylindcrs ll.

are foltlcd betwccn the two page sheets delivcred to the folder cylinder from the cutter Folder rollers ll, geared to c.ooperate with the rotating blades c in the folder cylinder i turn in suit-able bearings on the mainframeandseize and fold thesheets as delivercd to the folder rollers from the cylinder E. The foldercyhnder E. is driven by a shaft i which. turns in suitable bearings on the main frame and has a bevel cog wheel lC", which meshes with and drives a similar cog pinion E secured on the shaft of the folder cylinder I A cog wheel ll, secured on the other end of the shaft i meshes with and is driven by a cog-pinion li secured on the main-drivc shaft l). The t am of gear wheels is such that the folder cylinder rcvolvcs in the proper direction at the same speed as the plate cylinders. Any other suitable means may be employed for operativ'cly connecting the folder cylinder with the plate cylinders. without departing from my invention. A suitable train of gear wheels connects the folder cvhnder E. with cutter cylinders (l and the folder rollers ll so scribed.

series of angle bars K. corresponding in number and arrangement to the sets of plate c 'linders 13, are mounted on and extend diagonally across the .main frame above the former M. usual well known construction is mounted on the main frame. 'lhc lower edge of the former is contiguous and parallel to the main cutter cylinders and its upper edge is at right angles to its lower edge. The former is plural-platcs-widc in its large -dimension. the uppercdgeand one plate wide in its smaller dimension--the lower edgeand servesto associate the \Ytb-Jtittltlnu's in book forni in line with the supplement sheets. The part of the former in which the converging edges unite is for convenience of description hereinafter designated as the nose of the former.

The angle bars li and the former M together constitute an associating device which serves to associate all of the web-members of a single web in book form and present them to the maincnttcr cylinders. by which they are cut into sheets in length equal to the. width of two pages plus margins: and in a multiple-deck ap waratns all of the webs travel over a single former and the former in addition to associating the web-membcrs serves to bring together or consolidate the several webs with the pages in book form and Present the associatet-l and consolidated webs to the main cutter cylinders by which they are cut into sheets in length equal to the width of two pages plus margins.

series of rotatin rollers N. correspondlhc former .\l. which is of thc lift) 90 the mam cutter cylinders i the supplement y folder cylinder which is turning towards the n tam cutter cylinders; thereby avoiding: any circuitous travel oft-he supplement web on sheets and obviating the use of long 't a as to eonvey'the supplement sheets to the lolder evlinden This operation will be so timed 13 mt one )age ol' each ot the two-page sheets will over ie the supplement sheet carried on the surlacc ol' the lold'er cylinder.

' When the margin between the pages of the two-page sheets reaches ai'osition inljacent and parallel to the folder ro lers' ll, the rotating'blades within the folder cylinder will act to crease the double sheets aml project them outward into position to be. caught and folded by the [older rollers and the supplement sheet will lie'between the inside pages of the double anembers of members int sheet.

The means tor aetu'atinq the white cylinders, the pipe rollers, the s itter (e-vices, the cutter cylinders, the folder cylinders and the folder rollersm'ay be of any suitable or con- .venient. 'coi'ist-iltction and are therefore not" shown in detail nor particularly described.

a 1 am the first. to. organize an apparatus comprising tullspeed plate cylinders always two plates in cir'cumt'eren-ce and having columns lengthwise ol the plate cylinders and always equipped with or ginal plates exclu: sively; half-speed plate cydinders alwavs two lates in circumterem-e'and equipped wit-h oth original plates and duplicate plates, with columns lengthwise 'ol the .plate cylinders; 'a'tolder cylint'ler one-plate-wide 'in' linewith and cooperating with the lull-speed plate cylinders antl'tbehalf-speed plate cylindots and a turn-erde'vice'aml associating device so arranged that the-web members and thejvsheets cut theretro talways have a: continuous straight. nut, Without retardation cross travel or backward travel, and areal wavs associated and foldedjin book t'orm;

without the use ol duplii'atefplat es on the full s )eed main plate cylinders; and the tmal delivery of the folded papers is always commensurateto the capacity of the full spetabplatecylinders. t

Having fully described my in\'*ention what. Ielaim as. newand desire to secure by liette Patent is;

, 1. In an apparatusof the class described, the eonibinatienof full-speed rotary plate cvlindersequi )ped with exclusively original plates with v.columns lengthwise of the plate cylin-dersfceoierating. blanket. cylinders, a rot ar. tjir'st foliler cylinder parallel to the plate cylinders, means ,i'or leat ine' invariably to- .ward the folder c wallet and assecliating,in book form all the 7 if singleweb, lllulliittllttlj cylin aders=c.uttingand-ependently of the folder cyl lin'del, am always in parcut the full-speed web 'a-lengtl qual 'to't'he. width of two pages plusmar Y I l; cutting ell a complete pap ex lusive of inder and: ail-apttgli term with supplement. l'o'r each and every revolution of the lull speed plate cylinders.

2. in an apparatus ol the class described, the combimiltion ol' rotary plate cylinders carrying plates with columns lengthwise ol' said plate cylinders, t't tilitlttllllg blanket cylinders, a. rotary 'l'older cylinder parallel to said plate cylinders, main cutter cylinders adjacent and parallel to said folder cylinder and cutting .imlependently thereof and always cutting oll' a complete paper exclusive o'l" supplement, lor each revolution ol' the plate cylinders, supplement cutter cylinders ietween said 'l'older cylinder and said plate cylinders, rotary folder rollers adjacent to said l'older cylinder and a former in o )ll'nllYt,

relation to said plate cylinders and lust cut-' cooperat ine' blanket cylinders, a rotary :lolder cylinder parallel to and turning in unison with the lull speed plate cylinders, h.-ill'-specd supplement printing couples,rotary supplement cutter cylinders tit jacent to and cut ting indc tiendently oi the folder cylinder and in line with'and between the folder cylinder and the hall'-speed plate cylinders, an associating device in operative relation to the l'ullsteed plate cylinders and adapted to lead always in parallel and invariably toward the folder cylinder all ol the web members from all of the full-speed plate cylinders, main cutter cylinders in operative relation to said as sociating device and adapted to cut the associated l'ull s )tttl web members into sheets in length. equal to the width of two pages plus margins and cutting otl' acomplete paper exelusive ol supplement for each and every revolution of the full-speed plate cylinders.

4., In a multi )le deck apparatus of the class described, t to combination of multiple sets of plate cylinders carrying plates with columns lengthwise of said-plate cylinders, multiple sets of cooperating blanket cylinders, a rotary folder cylinder parallel to said plate cylinders, rotary supplement cutter ey'l nders in o erative relation to said folder cylinder an one set of.said plate cylinders, angle bars and a former in operative relation to the other set or; sets of plate.cylinders; main cutter cylinders in operative rclat ion to 1 W AILABLE cor? said former and cuttnfl'g independently cf the; folder cylinder and always cutting off a com .plete paper in book formere-l"'u siire of supc lindersgand folder rollersinoperative relationito sa1djina1n cutter cylinders, supple ment cutter cylinders and first folder cylin- 1,",as' set forth,

5/111 a inultiple deckappamms of, the

class" described, 'thecon bination of multiple sets of "rotary plate' cyliii dcrs carrying plates wlth columnslcngthw se'of said plate cylinders blanl et cylinders cooperating with said" plate cylinders; a rotary folder cylinder parallel to said plate cylinders; main cutter cylinders, [supplement cutter cylinders and 1 folder rollers in opm ativc relation do said folder cyl nder a former in operative relation to said main cutter cylinders and one or moi-c3 scts-"of said plate cylinders and anglebars and a slider-device 1noperatlverelation to saidformerand said plate cylinders, as set forth; ,l v

6.In a. multiple deck apparatus of the class described, the combination of -1"nultiple sets of platecylindcrs carrying plates with 7 columns lengthwise of said" plate cylinders;

blanket-cylinders cooperating with said plate cylinders ;;a rotative folder cylinder parallel tos'jajd plate cylinders;rotative supplement cutter cylinders in operative relation to said folder cylinder and one set of said plate cylinders; rotative; firstcutter cylinders in operative relation to said Ifirst folder cylinder;

- a former, angle bars, and'a slitter device in operative relatlonto said folder cylinder and said mainicutter cylinders;first folder rollers inoperative relation to,..sa1d folder cylinder;

as'econd folder device in operative relation to said-first; folder rollers, means foreonveyingpapers'froln said'folder rollers to saic'l scc i cud; folder device and means for crnwey ng 1 papers fronilsaid second folder dev ce as set Off/hi: j- J 7 In anapparatus of the class, described, the combination ofehalfspeed platecylinders carryin'g plates with columns lengthwise. of

" said-platecylindera-supplement cutter cylin ders halfthewidth Of'fil'ld in linewithsaid half speed plate'cylinders'; a-folder cylinder- *in operative relation to saidsupplemcntcutter cylinders; main cuttercy'lhiders in, operativerelation to said folderacyl-indcr andcutting" independently thereof; to cut oil a complete paper inbo'o'kform2exclusive of supplement for eaclr revolution of; ,the plate cylinders 'and'the' cuttcr' cylinders angle b ars and a former in operative rclastiontosaid main cutter cylinders; full speed plate cylinders OP-z v th exclusively original plates with columns 3 l thWlSe of the-"plateicylinders; and-"folder rollers inoperative relation-to said folder cyl-v inder; all cooperating to take the supplement Lav inns-v. +14 110]" ananrl cutter. device erative relation to saidfiormer and equlpped' plate cylinders andfoldlsanie between the sheets. from the full speed plate cylinders,

Without bringing thesupplement sheet into- I such-position that it maybe cut by the main 8. In an a-pparatusof theclass described, thecombination of plate cylinders rotating at full speed and carrying plates with columns lengthwise of said plate cylinders; similar plate cylinders rotating at half speed; full width' angle bars for changing the direction of the Webs from saidfull speed plate cylinders; a former; slitter deviccsbetween said former and said angle bars; a rotative folder cylinder; first cutter cylinders'betwecn said former and said folder cylinder; supplement cutter cylinders between said folder cylinder,

and the half speed plate cylinders; and folder rollers cooperating with said folder cylinder,

- first cutter cylinder-sand supplement cutter cylinders; as set forth.

9. The combination of'revolublc printing couples plural plates wide, a revoluble foldercylinder. in width equal to the length of one page plus margins and parallel to said printing couples, main cutter devices adjacent to and cutting independentl r of said folder-cylinder to cut oil sheets inl olution of the cutter cylinders and the plate cylinders, angle bars receiving webs from said printing couples and leadingsamc-to a ength equal to the I 1 width' of two-pages plus marginsfor each revformer, a former receiving webs from said angle bars anddelivering said webs to said cutter devices, and folder rollers cooperating )rintin couilcs a former receivin '-webs from said angle bars and delivering said webs to said main cutter cylinder in longitudinal strips one plate wide with the pages of the webs respectively in registry, supplement cutter cylinders receiving one-plate- Wide Web ,from: said half speed printing couples, and folder-rollers cooperating with said folder cylinder.

r 11. The combination of revoluble printing couples; two plates in circumference, plural plates Wide and equipped With original plates exclusively, angle bars receivingwebsfrom said printing couples and leading same to a former, a former plural plates wide in its large dimension and one plate Wide in'its qmollnr mmsmmfi and receiving and associating the webs from said. angle bars, a folder cylinder inwidth equal to the length of'one page plus margins and parallel to said printing couples, cutter cylinders receiving webs from said former and cutting ofl' in'depende ently of the folder-cylinder, sheetsin length equal'to the width of two pages plus margins for each revolution of the cutter cylinders,

smaller dimension receiving webs from, said angle ba s, a main cutter device cooperating witl'i said folder cylinder and receiving webs from said former in strips one plate wide, and supplement cutter devices and folder rollers cooperating with said folder cylinder to produce acmnplete paper in book form with in sert sheet, for each revolution .of the printing couples. v y

' 13. The combination. of fullspeed printing couples plural plates wide, half-speed printing couples oneplate-wide, ange bars receiving webs from said full-speed printing couples and adapted to lead all of the members of. said web always in parallel and invariably toward themain cutter cylinders, a folder cylinder one-plateide in line with saidhalf-speed printing" couples, one-plate- .wide main cutter cylinders adjacent to and cutting independently of said folder cylinder and adapted to cut the associated web mem .bers into sheets in length equal to the width of two pages lplus margins, su plement cuttercylinders in inn with the ha f-speed printing couples and situated to deliver the cut supplement sheets on the quarter of the folder cylinder turning towards and adjacent to the main cutter cyl' ider, and folderrollers opposite to said supplement cutter cylinders.

l-l. 'lhe combination of 'reveluble half speed printing couples a revoluble'one-platewide folder nder in line with said halfspeed prini'ii 4 ,ceuples,' supplement cutter on said folder cylinder and said V devicesbctwe printing couples and situated to deliver half speed supplement sheets; traveling in a straight line-onto the adjacent quarter ofthe folder cylinder ap )roaeliingF and adjacent to themain' cutter cy inders, main cutter cylinders-adapted to cut associated web members nto sheets in length equal tothe w dth of two pages 'plusnnargins; rneans" for "supplying printed webs to said mam cutter (.ylllnltl'fl said webs running in parallel'aihlinvariably toward the folder cylinder, and folder rollers cooperatingv'ith said folder cylinder, main cuttercylinders, and su iipleinent cutter devices.

15. A multiple-deck apparatus for printing and folding papersycomprising plural decks of full speed printing couples equipped with plate cylinders )lural-plates-wide and two plates in circumference, said plate cylinders having alloriginal plates with columns lengthwise of the plate cylinders; one deck of halfspeed printing couplesone-plate-wide and two-p ates in circumference and equipped with duplicate .sets of plates with columns lengthwise of the plate cylinders; a folder cylinder one-plate-uide and four plates in circumference and in line with said halfspeed plate cylinders; means for associatingin book form all the members of a single fullspeed web running invariably forward and a ways in parallel before being acted upon by the folder cylinder means for consolidating all of the associated web-members from the fullspeed plate cylinders; means for cut (in; the associated and consolidated web members into sheets two pages in length before being acted upon by the folder c \;'lind'er one out being made-for each and every revolution of the cutter cylinders and plate cylinders; means for cutlih'g the half speed web into sheets one page in length; means for associating said one-page sheets with the -twopage sheets on the folder cylinder; and folder rollers co-actingwith said folder cylinder to fold together said two-page sheets and onepage sheet, the run of all of the webs and of all of the sheets cut therefrom being a continuous straight run in contra-distinction to the run of a web member back upon itself, also in contra-distinction to the run of one member of a web crosswise to the other mem ber of the same web.

16. The combination of revoluble printing couples plural-plates-wide and having plate cylinders two-plates in circumference with columns lengthwise of the plate cylinders, a revoluble folder cylinder parallel. to said printing couples, main cutter devices mljacent to and cutting independently of the folder'eylinder and adapted to cut sheets two pages in length for each revolution of the )late cylinders, angle bars, one for each dec lc, carrying full width webs from said printing couples, a former receiving pluralplates -wide webs from said angle bars and delivering the associated members of all of said webs to said cutter devices, and folder rollers cooperating with said folder cylinder.

17. In an apparatus for printing and folding; papers, the combination of full-speed printing couples having plate cylinders plural plates wide and two plates in circumference with columns lengthwise ol the plate cylinders and equipped with all original plates and operating on web plural plulcS ide; half speed printing couples having plate cylinders two plates in circumference and ore plate wide'equipped with original and duplicate plates operating on a supplement web one-plate-widejand a former in operative relation to said full-speed plate cylinders and having its nose in line with one edge of the supplement web printed on the half-speed plate cylinders.

18. 'In an apparatus for printing and folding papers, the combination of full speed printing couples equipped With exclusively ';ri ;i nal plates withcolumns lengthwise ot' the plate cylinders and arranged to invariably produce an 7 exclusively original page-torplato product under all conditions of opera tion, supplement printing couples cooperatin; with the full-speed printing couples, means for slitting the Webs printed on the main printing couples, an associating device adapted to associate all of the members of the main webs during the continuous parallel run of all of said Webs and webanen i'iers, a one-plate-wide folder cylinder cooperating with the't'ull-speed printing couples and the supplement printing couples, a revoluble 'one-plate-Wide maincutter device adapted to cut full-speed web-members into sheets in length equal to the width of two pages plus margins for every-revolution of the main printing; couples and the main cutter device,

supplement web always in parallel with all of the members of the main webs, means for associating on the folder cylinder invariably in book form, all the sheets cut from the full-speed webs and the sheet cut from the supplementweh, the main sheets associated on the folder cylinder being invariably the same width as and always in line wi zi the supplement sheet and always in width equal to the length of one page plus margins. and A means for folding together invariably in book form all otthe associated main sheets and the supplement sheet, at the maximum rate of speed of the full-speed printin; couples, the run of all the webs, all of the wb-memhers and of all the sheets cut from the webs [and the web-members being invariably a continuous straight run, always in parallel, from start to finish.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name at'Springtield Illinois this 17th day of September 1904., v

H JOHN A. BOYCE.

\Yitnesses:

R. ll. .Doomxo, 4 MARGARET MeUoxALn. 

